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 | | Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the first roll-out of the General Education Certificate (GEC) is scheduled for 2023... read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY ADOPT-A-SCHOOL Adopt-a-School Foundation is running a collective campaign throughout July and August which encourages corporates and individuals to unite and support learners affected by the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
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| Distance Learning |
 | Oxbridge Academy, the distance learning brand of the JSE-listed education provider ADvTech, has increased its footprint into three additional countries - Kenya, Zambia and Ghana... Read |
| Early Childhood Development |
 | The Covid-19 induced lockdown and the need for social distancing have prompted a review of approach in training Early Childhood Development (ECD) practitioners to include greater use of digital platforms. Read |
| Higher Education |
 | JOHN SCHOOLING The Covid-19 pandemic continues to create uncertainty for the country's higher education sector... Read |
 | SIEGIE BROWNLEE As South Africa celebrated Youth Month, we all know that youth unemployment is one of the country's greatest challenges. This has all been unfortunately amplified in our current Covid-19 context. However, hope remains as some higher education institutions that focus on employability as a key part of the learning process, which is something more traditional institutions can learn from... Read |
 | A six-year project to develop industrial skills among Ghana's workforce has improved the engineering and manufacturing skills of young people, promoted economic competitiveness and contributed to an improvement in the quality of life of beneficiaries and a reduction in poverty, according to an African Development Bank report issued on 15 July 2020... Read |
 | In consultation with faculties and with student representatives, the University of Cape Town (UCT) executive has decided to finish the 2020 academic year through remote teaching. This decision, which implies a change in the academic calendar, has been approved by Senate and Council... Read |
| Primary & Secondary Education |
 | Basic Education Minster Angie Motshekga says government is putting the final touches on the coding and robotics curriculum developed for Grades R-9, which is due for completion by the end of July... Read |
 | With the country entering the eye of the Covid-19 storm, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the closure of public schools for the next four weeks. Read |
 | Bellavista School has announced a new collaboration with Beit Issie Shapiro - Israel's leading developer and provider of innovative therapies and state-of-the-art services for children and adults with disabilities and a world leader in Controlled Multisensory Therapeutic Environments (MSTEs)... Read |
| Skills Training |
 | PROFESSOR WENDY R. KILFOIL, ISSUED BY ENTERPRISES UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA The idea of a fourth industrial revolution (4IR) builds on how various stages of the industrialisation of labour have been categorised... Read |
 | ISSUED BY REGENT BUSINESS SCHOOL Regent Business School, a member of the global Honoris United Universities network, hosted a webinar on the positive impact of 4IR on SMME and start-ups, on Tuesday, 21 July... Read |
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 | MILLS SOKO The remarkable economic transformation of Asia in recent decades has attracted global attention. It has ignited scholarly and policy debates about the region's development models and strategies... Read |
 | SAM KINYANJUI & SHARON FONN The Covid-19 pandemic has put global emergency preparedness under sharp scrutiny. It's also placed national health systems' capacity to predict and respond to major emergencies under the microscope... Read |
 | Prior to the pandemic, Africa was identified as one of the fastest-growing consumer markets in the world, with household consumption growing even faster than GDP... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Melun Jeptha noticed two empty plots of land that were being used as dumping grounds and decided to do something about it... Read |
 | HOWARD FELDMAN The Covid pandemic has resulted in loss on many levels, and there is little doubt that our emotional stability is more at risk than ever before... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Amazon veteran Paul Misener shared insight into how the e-commerce giant approaches innovation and the profound role a diverse workforce plays in this process... Read |
 | Employment and Labour Deputy Minister Boitumelo Booi says the Covid-19 Temporary Employers/ Employee Relief Fund, set up to help those who found themselves out of work due to lockdown, will be extended to August... Read |
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